Bholi's real name is Sulekha. We are told this right at the beginning. But only in the last but one paragraph of the story is Bholi called Sulekha again. Why do you think she is called Sulekha at that point in the story?

Explanation

Bholi.s real name is Sulekha. In Hindi, “Su. means good and .lekha. means a writer. So Sulekha means a woman who writes with a good hand. But unfortunately Sulekha became Bholi, the simpleton. Once a fair and beautiful girl became disfigured with pock-marks with all over the body due to an attack of small-pox. She also damaged a part of the brain when she fell off the cot. So the girl was called .Bholi. or .witless.. Apart from at the very beginning of the story, the word “Sulekha. comes only at the end of the story. But here, the word is used in the proper context. The writer, K.A. Abbas, wants to highlight that Bholi is no more Bholi the simpleton, but she has transformed herself into .Sulekha., an educated girl with a beautiful handwriting. She is no more a .back ward. girl but looks forward to become a teacher in the same school where she had learnt so much. His teacher confirms that one day she would be a teacher without any doubt.